Johnny Wyrostek
Johnny Wyrostek
Full name: John Barney Wyrostek
Born: July 12, 1919, Fairmont City, Illinois
Died December 12, 1986, St. Louis, Missouri
Buried at Lake View Memorial Gardens, Belleville, Illinois
First Game: September 10, 1942; Final Game: September 26, 1954
Bat: Left Throw: Right Height: 6' 2" Weight: 180
Johnny Wyrostek
Batting Record Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1942 PIT N 9 35 0 4 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 .114 .184 .171 -0.5 1942 PIT N
1943 PIT N 51 79 7 12 3 0 0 1 3 15 0 1 1 0 .152 .183 .190 -1.3 1943 PIT N
1946 PHI N 145 545 73 153 30 4 6 45 70 42 3 10 6 7 .281 .366 .383 1.5 1946 PHI N
1947 PHI N 128 454 68 124 24 7 5 51 61 45 4 4 9 7 .273 .364 .390 0.0 1947 PHI N
1948 CIN N 136 512 74 140 24 9 17 76 52 63 3 0 5 7 .273 .344 .455 0.3 1948 CIN N
1949 CIN N 134 474 54 118 20 4 9 46 58 63 2 0 7 7 .249 .333 .365 -1.5 1949 CIN N
1950 CIN N 131 509 70 145 34 5 8 76 52 38 5 3 14 1 .285 .357 .418 0.0 1950 CIN N
1951 CIN N 142 537 52 167 31 3 2 61 54 54 2 5 10 2 1 .311 .376 .391 -0.7 1951 CIN N
1952 CIN N 30 106 12 25 1 3 1 10 18 7 0 1 6 1 2 .236 .347 .330 -0.2 1952 CIN N
1952 PHI N 98 321 45 88 16 3 1 37 44 26 1 5 6 1 7 .274 .363 .352 0.2 1952 PHI N
1952 TOT N 128 427 57 113 17 6 2 47 62 33 1 6 12 2 9 .265 .359 .347 0.0 1952 TOT N
1953 PHI N 125 409 42 111 14 2 6 47 38 43 4 1 9 0 3 .271 .339 .359 -1.3 1953 PHI N
1954 PHI N 92 259 28 62 12 4 3 28 29 39 1 3 4 7 0 0 .239 .314 .351 -1.4 1954 PHI N
Total 1221 4240 525 1149 209 45 58 481 482 437 25 33 4i 80 33 13i .271 .349 .383 -4.9 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SH SF GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
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All-Star Game Batting Record All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1950 NL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1950 NL
1951 NL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1951 NL
Total Splits 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record Fielding Record
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1942 PIT N OF 8 18 1 0 1 1.000 8 0 0
1943 PIT N OF 20 34 0 3 0 .919 5 6 9
1943 PIT N 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500
1943 PIT N 1B 1 0 0 0 0 -
1943 PIT N 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000
1946 PHI N OF 142 388 18 8 4 .981 6 138 0
1947 PHI N OF 126 261 11 8 2 .971 0 27 100
1948 CIN N OF 130 331 8 8 1 .977 0 130 0
1949 CIN N OF 129 293 10 9 1 .971 2 60 67
1950 CIN N OF 129 238 8 5 0 .980 11 9 115
1950 CIN N 1B 4 20 2 0 4 1.000
1951 CIN N OF 139 255 8 8 2 .970 1 0 139
1952 CIN N OF 29 70 6 0 0 1.000 0 25 6
1952 CIN N 1B 1 8 0 0 1 1.000
1952 PHI N OF 88 202 10 6 1 .972 2 1 87
1952 TOT N CF -
1952 TOT N RF -
1952 TOT N OF 117 272 16 6 1 .980 2 26 93
1953 PHI N OF 110 192 11 8 2 .962 8 0 102
1954 PHI N OF 55 90 5 1 1 .990 6 0 49
1954 PHI N 1B 22 187 9 3 20 .985
Total OF 1105 2372 96 64 15 .975 49 396 674
Total 1B 28 215 11 3 25 .987
Total 3B 2 0 1 1 0 .500
Total 2B 1 0 0 1 0 .000
Year Team POS G PO A ERR DP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1950 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1950 NL RF 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 -
1951 NL Daily OF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 1
1951 NL RF 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total OF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 2
Total RF 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
Transactions Transactions
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Pittsburgh Pirates (September 10, 1941 ).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with Johnny Podgajny and cash to St. Louis Cardinals in
exchange for Preacher Roe (September 30, 1943 ).
Sold by St. Louis Cardinals to Philadelphia Phillies with Al Jurisich (February 4,
1946 ).
Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with cash to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for Eddie
Miller (February 7, 1948 ).
Traded by Cincinnati Reds with Kent Peterson to Philadelphia Phillies in exchange
for Bubba Church (May 23, 1952 ).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (April 5, 1955 ).
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